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Windows 7: Unable in install (mostly) anything 0x80070002

I attempted to install Google Sketchup the other day and was given an error. I did a little research and tried a few potential fixes, but nothing worked (turning off startup services, registry edits, amount other things)

This is the entire error:
microsoft.VC80.ATL, type="win32", version="8.050727.6195", publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",processArchitecture="x86"
HRESULT:0X0070002

Also, during this time period I did not renew Norton and instead decided to install AVG.
I ran into this similar error:

Unable in install (mostly) anything 0x80070002

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This is an urgent question as I have two days to send back the computer if it won't work.
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